quietus

noun

qui·etus kwī-ˈē-təs How to pronounce quietus (audio)

-ˈā-

: final settlement (as of a debt)

: removal from activity

especially : death

: something that quiets or represses

put the quietus on their celebration

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In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase quietus est (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to "quietus" and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use "quietus" as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, … When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?" (Hamlet). The third meaning, which is more influenced by "quiet" than "quit," appeared in the 19th century. It often occurs in the phrase "put the quietus on" (as in, "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration").

Example Sentences

was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret

Recent Examples on the Web On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone.

Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021 If Berryman is playing Cassandra to himself, crying out the details of his own quietus, how did the cry begin?

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020

quietuses

noun

plural of quietus

as in releases

a freeing from an obligation or responsibility was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

releases
exemptions
quittances
discharges
waivers
deliveries
immunities
dispensations

as in deaths

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret

Synonyms & Similar Words

deaths
fates
demises
great divides
dooms
passings
curtains
sleeps
graves
exits
ends
dissolutions
expirations
deceases
passages
self-destructions
self-slaughters
fatalities
expiries
self-murders
suicides
casualties
assassinations
ruins
endings
destructions
executions
killings
martyrdoms
annihilations
slaughters
exterminations
massacres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

births
lives
existences
rises
creations
nativities
geneses
originations

单词	quietuses
释义	quietus noun qui·etus kwī-ˈē-təs -ˈā- 1 : final settlement (as of a debt) 2 : removal from activity especially : death 3 : something that quiets or represses put the quietus on their celebration Did you know? In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase quietus est (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to "quietus" and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use "quietus" as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, … When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?" (Hamlet). The third meaning, which is more influenced by "quiet" than "quit," appeared in the 19th century. It often occurs in the phrase "put the quietus on" (as in, "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration"). Synonyms delivery discharge quittance release See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret Recent Examples on the Web On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone. Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021 If Berryman is playing Cassandra to himself, crying out the details of his own quietus, how did the cry begin? Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020 Word History Etymology Middle English quietus est, borrowed from Medieval Latin, "he is quit," formula of discharge from obligation First Known Use 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1 quietuses noun plural of quietus 1 as in releases a freeing from an obligation or responsibility was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance releases exemptions quittances discharges waivers deliveries immunities dispensations 2 as in deaths the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret Synonyms & Similar Words deaths fates demises great divides dooms passings curtains sleeps graves exits ends dissolutions expirations deceases passages self-destructions self-slaughters fatalities expiries self-murders suicides casualties assassinations ruins endings destructions executions killings martyrdoms annihilations slaughters exterminations massacres Antonyms & Near Antonyms births lives existences rises creations nativities geneses originations See More
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